*RING RING*
A telephone blared into my ears, waking me up. I looked around, disillusioned. Just as the phone rang again, I felt two strong arms tighten around my bare waist. I smiled, feeling Justin's breath on my neck, and I closed my eyes again.
"Get the phone, baby," Justin mumbled sleepily.
"You get it," I replied, pulling the blanket over my head.
"Shelly! Pleeeease?!" Justin whined.
The phone rang again.
"I'm asleep, Just," I said.
"So am I!" he replied, brushing his lips against the back of my neck.
"So don't get it then," I said, turning over to face him, as the phone sounded, annoyingly.
His eyes were little slits, as the sunlight poured in from the blinds. "Damn... you're worse than me, girl..." Justin commented on my all-but-cheery outlook in the morning.
"Please get the phone?" I closed my eyes tight as the phone rang again.
I buried my head in the small pocket between Justin's neck and the mattress, burrowing into his warm skin. The phone rang once again, and Justin sighed, kissing my head softly. He lifted himself from the covers, and sat on the edge of the bed to get the phone.
"Hello?" I heard Justin's voice ask. "Oh, hey man. What's up?" Justin began to laugh softly, "Shut up, dude... yeah, she's here. Oh, ok... sure. Both of us? Why?" Justin was silent and I heard distant talking from the phone. "Oh, cool... That'd be...wow. I'll see you there. Aight, bye." Justin clicked the phone off.
I must have drifted back off to sleep, because the next time I opened my eyes, Justin was sitting over me on the bed, showered, wearing a pair of beat up jeans and a black sleeveless shirt, and looking gorgeous.
"Good morning..." he whispered.
"Hey there..." I said, stretching underneath the covers.
Justin smoothed my hair out of my face, gently. "I didn't want to wake you up... you sleep so peacefully." I smiled at him, and closed my eyes again. "No... don't fall asleep again, girl. You gotta get up. It's almost one."
My eyes shot open, and I sat up straight, "ONE? Oh my God, I'm such a lazy ass."
Justin laughed, and leaned into me, teasing my lips with his, "Well, you had reason to be tired, baby..."
I giggled as he began to tickle my ear with his tongue. "For real, Justin... Eric is probably dying for details by now," I said, fingering his curls.
Justin lifted his head from my ear, and kissed me quickly, "Well, you can talk to Eric really soon, cuz we gotta meet him in about a 1/2 hour."
"What? Why?" I asked.
Justin explained that JC had called that morning, and he told him that Johnny Wright had called them all for a meeting to plan their upcoming tour.
JC informed Justin that Johnny wanted Eric, me, and the rest of the singers/dancers, to come along as well.
"Why does he want us there?" I asked Justin, getting out of bed.
"I dunno... JC thinks that he wants you to open for us," Justin grinned.
"Really?!" I screamed, and jumped into Justin's arms.
"Don't think about it... just get in the shower!" Justin waddled over to the bathroom, with me in his arms.
I kissed him, smiling widely, and danced into the bathroom.
"Your dress is hanging on the back of the door," he said to be laughing at my hyperness.
"Oh really? I thought I would just go in this?" I posed against the bathroom counter, naked.
Justin reached into the bathroom and grabbed the doorknob, "Don't temp me, girl," he grinned slyly, and closed the door.
I started the water in the shower.
"We have to meet everyone in the lounge in 20 minutes, so hurry!" he called through the door.
I replied by jumping into the steamy water. As the water poured over me, I thought of the previous night, and how amazing it all had been.... how amazing everything had been since the moment I met Justin, just a few days earlier. And now... there was a possibility that Eric and I would be touring with him and the rest of *N SYNC... my thoughts faded into a huge smile.
